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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Happy Birthday to Twins born 1807

Born
11 October 1807, John Seaborn ALFORD & Seaborn John ALFORD were twin
brothers born in North Carolina, sons of Julius & Lucy (Newton) Alford. John
Seaborn Alford stayed in Washington Parish, LA where he married Margaret
Brumfield. They were the parents of 16 children. Seaborn John Alford moved to
Pike County, MS. He married twice and fathered 13 children, the last when he
was almost 70 years old.I love the names of these twins, my third great grand uncles, but it makes it a bit harder to research them without confusing them!

1840. He was enumerated in 1840
Washington Parish with two sons and a daughter.

1850. In 1850 Washington Parish he
was enumerated as John Olford 40 LA with wife M. 35 LA. Children were: Madison 13, Marshall 12 and
Jane 11 who were probably those in 1840.
Other children were Emily 10, Sarah 9, Seaborn 8, S. (f) 7, Willis 5,
Isaac 4 and John 1. He was a farmer with
$1500 property.

In the
1850 agricultural census John Alford was listed with 40 acres improved land and
600 unimproved- $300 cash value of the farm.
His farming implements and machinery were worth $100. He had 3 horses, 4 working oxen, 30 other
cattle, 50 swine with total value of livestock being $450. He had 250 bushels of Indian corn, 50 bushels
of oats, 800 pounds of rice, 3 bales of ginned cotton weighing 400 pounds each,
and 100 bushels of sweet potatoes.

1860. John was a farmer in
Pallestine, Washington, LA. He and Margaret with children ranging from 21 to 1
year old.

1870. John, age 62, a farmer in
Washington, LA. Margaret was 50. 12 children at home. 3 sons helping on the
farm.

1880. John Alford, 73 and Margaret,
61 living with 4 of their children in Washington, LA.

Land. June 1, 1858 he purchased 118
acres, section 7, township 1S, range 7E, from the federal land office in
Greensburg. On June 6 of that year he
purchased 57 acres section 17, township 1S, range 10E and 37 acres section 18,
township 1S, range10E . May 10 1861 he
purchased 22 more acres in section 17.
December 20, 1884 he purchased 81 acres, from the New Orleans land
office, in sections 18 & 19, township 1S, range 10E.

Death. John died Nov 15 1891,
Washington Pa., LA, buried: Alford Cemetery, Washington Pa., LA. John Seaborn
Alford is buried on property that was his farm.

3 comments:

What? Julius and Lucy couldn't think of one more name??? In a time when people routinely flip-flopped the order of their names, these guys were probably in the center of a lot of confusion. Kudos to the Alford researchers for being able to keep it all straight.

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